The Gavelyte, February 1911

: I 1'111~ ;\\'bl. '1'1.,, l h iir, n1· l'l' •1•t I huiltlin n. lm·g • :i~ ('oll •g1• II.di, n r do om •thing l'(lll' lly i Ill pint .111 t. \Vi• h Ii,,.• lhnt in a lt-w y •arR ttr.h 11 Funrl would 11ro I P urh 1•11 hu i,1 rn that tlw Alumni would lwg111 to int·rt>:t!I • lh •ir pledgr, , nnd that il would gn,w mu h mor• rapidly than \VI' h,1vp anlicipn tC'd. In foci, two of th,• Alnm11i wi h whom l hav omuil led W W lli fk and S. (' \ ~ ngh t hav1• pl dg"d IO •:irh p •r yt•nr ln il air 'IHly, and th• writ'" will lw a third t pl,.dg1• lh · HHnw amount. You \\"ill r '<'<' iVl' a Jett •r within a f<'W dnys asking you wh 1t you nr • willing l<i do. St•cond. we 'Ug-g •st tha H clncis reunion n:stnm b · cstahlishc•d. At ·om• of the larg r schools il is a tim -honor cl cuHlom , that <'ach claH. i. to hnv • n rl'– umon at th' end of t<'n, or fifteen or twenty y a rs, and iH to do somc• thing flpfi – nite for the chool lo c I brnte the ev nt. 1 he great stadmm at Harvard il'I the r ult of such a class reunion, ancl oth rs might be mention cl. We. could n t build a stadium at edarvill ,, but we mi ght put a fence around the Athletic Fie! , or buy a set of bo ks for the Library, or furnish one of the recitation noms, or equip a student's club, or something of the sort. Such reunions would be mo t enjoyable and would be mosl help ful to the colleg . Third, we recommen:l a plan suggested by Prof. McChesn Jy, of forming local associations among the Alumni. edarville, Clifton, Xenia, ,Jamestown, Pittsburg, Chicago, and Philadelphia, are suggested as possible centers and others could be formed wherever a few of the graduates could be gathered to– gether conveniently. Such associations would be helpful as bureaus of informa– tion and recuiting stations for new students, they would keep College spirit alive, would foster pride in the institution, and the exchange of ideas would cer– tainly result in good. Fourth, we suggest a publicity campaign, and recommend that the GAVELYTE be the medium. The GAVELYTE is a splendid little paper and it de– serves more support than it is receiving. But it is not surprising that so few of the Alumni subscribe for it when so few of them ever contribute any– thing to it. The news items and articles are interesaing especially to those who are in the college town, but those of us who are away, would be more interested in hearing from some of the Alumni. We suggest that at least two of the Alumni be held responsible for articles every month. Let the editor announce in each issue who have been asked to contribute the next month. We should look forward with much interest to getting the magazine if some such plans were adopted. Every graduate should be a subscriber, or if he cannot be persuaded to take it voluntarily, it aught to be sent to him anyhow. We can only keep up the interest in the college as we keep informed about it. Fifth, we want a representative from each class to co-operate with us in putting these plans into execution. The following Committee has been appointed. Some of these have not been beard from yet, but we do not anticipate any declinations, and therefore take the liberty of publishing their names. '97, Rev. Alvin Orr; '98, Rev. J. M. McQuilkin; '99, Miss Belle Winter; '00, Rev. C. A. Young; '01, Rev. R. B.